Repeal Bill C-51 Conference
“Repeal Bill C-51 Conference” & Discussion on how to ensure repeal DATE: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 PLACE: 12:30 p.m. SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings Street, Room 2270 Program: Official Musqueam Welcome by Audrey Siegl PANEL […]
Edward Snowden: Big Data, Security, and Human Rights
Edward Snowden will join Metro Vancouverites for a conversation live via web-link about the power, promise and peril of big data The BC Civil Liberties Association very own policy director Micheal […]
“C-51 and Big Data: The Problem of Security by Algorithm” with Micheal Vonn at TRU Society of Law Students Conference
Keeping It Civil: Exploring Civil Liberties and the Charter in Canada The focus of the conference this year is to address a number of dynamic changes and topics surrounding Civil […]
BC Civil Liberties joins major research project on surveillance
Attention News Editors The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is announcing its participation in a new research project investigating the vulnerabilities created by ‘big data’. Queen’s University Surveillance Studies […]
Secret hearing begins into alleged illegal spying on Canadian citizens
For immediate release Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories) – A secret hearing today in Vancouver will look into allegations that Canadian spies illegally gathered information about the activities of citizens and community […]
Privacy and Access 20/20 Conference
BCCLA Policy Director Micheal Vonn has just been confirmed as a speaker at the 2nd Privacy and Access 20/20 Conference, hosted by The Information and Privacy Commissoner for British Columbia. The theme […]
Proposed sweeping changes to Canada’s security laws: a look at Bill C-51
Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, is a complex omnibus bill representing the most radical and sweeping changes to Canada’s security law landscape since the legislative response to 9/11. In […]
Philosophers’ jam: privacy and national security
BCCLA Senior Counsel Carmen Cheung and Policy Director Micheal Vonn will be presenting a talk at this year’s Spring-Summer Philosophers’ Jam, hosted by Langara College’s Department of Philosophy. The topic of […]
Privacy “Ask me anything” (AMA) session on Reddit featuring Micheal Vonn
PrivaSecTech is hosting an AMA (“Ask me anything“) on Reddit which will feature some of Canada’s top privacy professionals. On Friday May 1st from 15:00-19:00 ET / 12:00-16:00 PT, the team […]
Citizens’ groups from around the world call on EC to defend privacy
The institutions of the European Union are completing a reform of Europe’s Data Protection framework. Recognising the huge significance of the reform, the European Commission made an unequivocal promise when […]